Summer Courses in Medieval history, art, archaeology, literature and all the other disciplines will be listed here chronologically
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Odin with Horns, Birds or Dragons?
Yet again an intriguing Viking figurine has been found on the island of Fyn in Denmark. This time it is a rare Odin with a 'horned' helmet
Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire
Love a good medieval read? Pick up the ‘Tales from The Long Twelfth Century’ by Richard Huscroft and read all about the 'Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire'.
How to Work as a Medieval Embroiderer
Do you wish to learn how to do split stitch and underside couching? And perhaps produce your own medieval embroidered bag? This autumn offers several opportunities for the keen medievalist to learn the art and craft of medieval embroidery
The Age of Opus Anglicanum: a Symposium
The great age of Apus Anglicanum fell between 1200 - 1400. New book explores the many facets of this magnificent art-form and the preserved pieces
English Medieval Embroidery – Opus Anglicanum
From 1250 - 1350 English embroidery - Opus Anglicanum - made queens, kings and popes very avaricious. Catalogue to exhibition 2016 tells the story
The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris
At some point at the end of the 13th century luxury silk industries emerged in Paris. Sharon Farmer tells the story in a new book out in November 2016
Opus Anglicanum – Beautiful English Art
Popes, Bishops, Abbots, Kings and Queens! All were willing to do anything to lay their hands on the sumptuous English embroideries - Opus Anglicanum
Recipes for Medieval Eels
In the Early Middle Ages eels were abundant and served as comfort food for hungry peasants. Later it turned into a very expensive delicatessen.
Eels in the Medieval Fenlands
The eel is a curious animal. Now listed on the international red list of threatened species, it used to be the ubiquitous food for small holders and poor peasants in the early middle ages
Hoch and his family in Oakington
On the edge of the Fenlands at Oikington an Anglo-Saxon man named Hoch built a farm sometime in the 5th century. here, his family was buried
Culture and Identity in the Early Medieval Fenlands
New studies of the use of the fluid landscape in the Early Medieval Fenlands point to a continuity in the settlement-structure from pre-Roman times
St. Guthlac and Crowland Abbey
The Anglo-Saxon hermit, St. Guthlac, had a career reaching from aristocratic warrior over monastic visionary to patron saint of Crowland Abbey
Medieval Fenlands
For a long time a number of research projects have explored the culturally fluid landscape of the Medieval Fenlands in Eastern England. New book tells the story
Rendlesham – An Anglo-Saxon Royal Palace Near Sutton Hoo
Rendelsham is located five km north-east of Sutton Hoo and known as an early Anglo-Saxon emporium. Recently a royal mead-hall was discovered there
Celebrating ‘Democratic’ Victory in Medieval Armour
Ramzan Kadyrov, dressed in medieval armour, celebrated the winnings of Putin by 98% at a medieval style party in Grozny in the Russian republic of Chechnya